3.

Analize the generic structure and the language features of the text above with your
group!
Generic Structure
Generic structures Language use
ORIENTATION :
Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in
Kentucky (USA). He worked on the
farm of his father. He attended school
for less than a year, but taught himself Use simple
to read and write. He did different
types of jobs before he settled as a past tense
highly successful lawyer. He was
gradually drawn to politics.

EVENTS ; Use time

The country was having problems
regarding the practice of slavery. The sequence
white men owned large farms in the
southern states, Blacks were brought

Focus on
from Africa to work on these farms,
They were kept as slaves. The people
of northern states were against this
practice of slavery and wanted to specific
abolish it, The Constitution of America
is based on the equality of man. participant
Therefore, there was no place for
slavery in that country,

RE-ORIENTATION ;  Use action

Lincoln was elected president for a
second term. He was not against verb
anybody and wanted everybody to live
 He made sincere efforts to
in peace.
heal the people's wounds caused by
the war. In 1862, Lincoln declared that
from then onwards all slaves would be
free. This made him very popular
among the people. Lincoln was
assassinated in 1865.

4. Listen to following monologue and Fill the blanks with the word provided!

Adam Malik

Did you know that Adam Malik (1) was born in Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
to Abdul Malik Batubara and Salamah Lubis? He was from a Batak Mandailing family, of the Batubara
clan. After completing Junior high School, he (2) Received his first Job as a shopkeeper, filling in
time by reading books and increasing his knowledge.

Adam Malik quickly (3) developed an interest in politics and when he was 17, he became the
Chairman of the Pematang Siantar branch of Partindo (Indonesia Party). In this position, he (4)
campaigned for the Dutch Colonial Government to grant Independence to Indonesia. As a result of
this, he (5) was put in prison for disobeying the Colonial Government’s ban on political
assemblies. Once he was freed,
Adam Malik left Pematang Siantar for Jakarta.

Received was put was born campaigned developed